More Evidence That Scenic Environments Keep People Healthy

If the view outside your home is picture-perfect, you’re more likely to be the picture of health. A study in Great Britain found that even taking into account poverty and a host of other factors, people in prettier locations report being healthier.

Chanuki Seresinhe, a graduate student at the University of Warwick in the United Kingdom, explains that the question of whether living in picturesque surroundings is good for your health “seems to come up again and again.” A study in Toronto, f